Billy Craft Joins Select Insurance Agency

Craft will manage the company’s new Southeast Division, based in Windermere, Fla.

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June 13, 2012

TUCKAHOE, N.Y. — Select Insurance Agency, headquartered in Tuckahoe, N.Y. and serving pest management professionals throughout most of the continental United States, announced the opening of its Southeast Division, based in Windermere, Fla. The Southeast Division will be managed by Billy Craft as its director of marketing.

As a seasoned risk manager for pest management and lawn care professionals, Craft brings 12 years of industry -specific knowledge and experience to benefit Select’s growing client base. “I have personally performed pest control applications, studied available insurance coverages, and I know liability exposures that pest management professionals face, all of which prepare me to offer the correct package of insurance products to protect my clients’ businesses,” Craft said.

A 14-year insurance veteran, Craft is the former director of marketing for Capital Risk Underwriters, a national pest control program manager based in Orlando. He was also regional manager of LIPCA Insurance Group, a pest control insurance firm in Louisiana, where he was instrumental in designing comprehensive coverage plans for the industry.

Craft has attended many pest control conventions and meetings and has completed the LSU Termite Training School in Baton Rouge, LA. He can be reached at billy@selectagency.com or 888/886-5005 or 407/517-4899.

The company said its fourth-quarter earnings rose 17%. Ecolab CEO Doug Baker said the company’s U.S. pest business “has been steadily improving” due to a number of investments in that business starting two years ago.